Blog Tour: ‘Bloom Where You’re Planted: Life the Expat Way’ by Lasairiona McMaster

I’ve been very excited about this book since the moment I saw Rachel’s email about the tour, because – guess what – it’s about living abroad and I’VE JUST MOVED ABROAD!! It’s perfect timing.
Well, not so perfect, because I SO wanted to do a review post, but exactly because of the actual moving unfortunately I’ve haven’t yet had enough time to read the book. I’m very sorry about that, but here’s the promo post so you all can see why I’m so excited about it, and I promise to write a review in the near future and share it with you! I will also create a link to it in this post once it’s ready.

About the Book

Are you contemplating a move abroad? Don’t panic! From culture shock to capable, from language barriers to lifelong friends, and from foreign land to the familiar. Being hurled into life in a strange new place can be daunting and overwhelming, but it can also be exciting and enjoyable. Rich with tips on how to expat like a boss, Lasairiona McMaster’s “Bloom where you are planted”, takes you on a journey from packing up her life in Northern Ireland to jumping in at the deep-end as an expat in two countries.An experienced expat from a decade of living abroad, her honest and uncensored tales of what to expect when you’re expatriating, are as funny as they are poignant, and as practical as they are heartfelt. If you’ve lived abroad, or you’re considering the move from local to expat. If you’re looking to rediscover yourself, or simply wondering how on earth to help your children develop into adaptable, resilient, and well-rounded people, this book has something for you.

About the Author

Lasairiona McMaster grew up dreaming of an exciting life abroad, and, after graduating from Queens University, Belfast, that is exactly what she did – with her then-boyfriend, now husband of almost ten years. Having recently repatriated to Northern Ireland after a decade abroad spanned over two countries (seven and a half years in America and eighteen months in India), she now finds herself ‘home’, with itchy feet and dreams of her next expatriation. With a penchant for both travelling, and writing, she started a blog during her first relocation to Houston, Texas and, since repatriating to Northern Ireland, has decided to do as everyone has been telling her to do for years, and finally pen a book (or two) and get published while she tries to adjust to the people and place she left ten years ago, where nothing looks the same as it did when she left.